THIS IS ONE MAN'S COLLECTION OF OLD VINYL RECORDS WHICH CHARTED IN OZ BUT HAVE BEEN IGNORED BY THE BIG MUSIC COMPANIES. THIS BLOG RUNS IN CONJUNCTION WITH MY ORIGINAL SITE...IF YOU ARE THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OF A WORK AND WISH IT TO BE REMOVED PLEASE LEAVE A REQUEST IN THE COMMENT BOX. NB. I'M ALSO ADDING CLIPS FOR SOME OF MY REMIXES PRODUCED IN MY OWN STUDIO NOW THAT THE LINKS TO MANY OF THE DOWNLOADS HAVE EXPIRED.

Sunday, August 2, 2009

LOCOMOTION - RITZ

Back in the 1960s Little Eva had the original “Locomotion” but in Oz it wasn't until the end of the 1970s that it was a hit again for a foreign band. French group Ritz released “Locomotion” in late 1979 on the CBS Epic label. Their version peaked at #12 on the Australian charts in early 1980, and spent a total of thirty weeks inside the top 100.

“Locomotion” didn’t make any kind of impact in the U.S. nor England. It was a minor hit in the group’s native France but a #1 in New Zealand, in mid 1980.

There was a 12” and a 7” mix of the song. For this download I have engineered the start of the 12” onto the 7” single mix. The 12” version had a puffing steam train that was left off the single.For download is the single mix of "Locomotion" with bonus beginning:

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THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS OZ AND FOREIGN SONGS WHICH WERE BIG IN THE POP AND DANCE CHARTS BUT SADLY HAVE NOT BEEN ON C.D. I HOPE TO SHARE SOME OF THESE RARE GEMS WITH YOU BECAUSE THE BIG MUSIC COMPANIES HAVE NOT RELEASED THESE FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS.